PlyPencil, the suggestions you made are pretty good.
Using real names is great, people can relate to that. Making the whole HP experience feel more real, giving it a greater addiction factor.
As well as Creating diversity by introducing Operating Systems.
However considering your underlying thought;
People are driven by the fact that they, first hand, see the effects of their efforts and investements. General belief; the more time/effort one invests in a certain area, the more superior one becomes to others.
Your thinking will remove the players desire to advance. As it becomes pointless.
Using real names is great, people can relate to that. Making the whole HP experience feel more real, giving it a greater addiction factor.
As well as Creating diversity by introducing Operating Systems.
However considering your underlying thought;
I think this would greatly benefit the game by slowing down the game freaks who are on 24/7, the AP system does not do that well.
Here is where I believe you are wrong.People are driven by the fact that they, first hand, see the effects of their efforts and investements. General belief; the more time/effort one invests in a certain area, the more superior one becomes to others.
Your thinking will remove the players desire to advance. As it becomes pointless.
Players would still gain massive advantages however as you said relating to real life makes HP feel more real. Look at this scenario
Now
Player 1 - Power 5,000
Player 1 - Power 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
With my Suggestion
Player 1 - Intel Pentium
Player 2 - Intel Quad Core Quantum Matrix II
Which would you prefer?
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